How Do You Get Ride Of Mole Crickets In Home Garden?
‘CONTROL Successful mole cricket management requires patience and regular monitoring of the situation. It is not a one-time, one-insecticide application. Control is dependent upon an annual, well-timed plan. Timing of controls and cultural practices are as important as the choice of insecticides. The major control effort should be directed toward young nymphs (immature forms that resemble the adults only smaller and without wings). These treatments should be applied in June, July and early August while the nymphs are most sensitive to treatments. A good time to map out problem areas in the lawn is in the spring when adult mole crickets are present. These problem areas are where most of the nymphs will be found in late June and July. These areas should be sampled carefully with a detergent flush (see below) beginning in late June. At this time, little damage is evident, but young nymphs will begin to show up following a detergent flush. If young nymphs are present after a detergent flus
